43 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestSavage Family, a militant Native hip-hop crew, recruits disenfranchised Native youth using rap to reclaim cultural identity and incite resistance by any means.
We travel to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.
Direction
Indigenous filmmakers centering voices usually erased.
Production
Access to frontline activism most never witness.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Viceland's short-lived Indigenous focus era, Rise remains one of few doc series entirely directed by Native filmmakers.
The DAPL coverage predated mainstream attention by months—viewers saw police violence against protectors before most Americans knew Standing Rock's name.
